Forty eight and forlorn in Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s verse
The poem portrays a lone woman at forty eight reflecting on lost dreams and the gloom of aging. The speaker laments unshared milestones and a lonely room haunted by a dead delight as sunset fades to gray.
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Orit
Satinital
Tera
Nentiilinik
Trenton
Great Rose Island
Sansa
Reolid
Sani Sesh
Missouri
Pullman Paleos
Phu
Kansas City
Atechisan
Carporatad
US Albert Lea
Betareen
Minneapolis
St. Dires
Union
Artalle
Wells
Serre
Fii
Caneda
Cr “Yidecressing
R. R. Cable
Teeek
Ella Wheeler
Wilcom
Mathias Sandort by Jules Verne Translation Note
A translation note credits Jules Verne as author of Journey to the Center of the Earth and other works, listing titles and noting translation copyright dated 1883.
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Aound
Michael Strogoff
Trieste Society and Torenthal Bank in Political Tangles
In Trieste society the official class leads, but pay limits entry to trade and finance. Bilas Toronthal, wealthy banker, faces hints of debt after stock market shocks and recent crises. Sarcany and Larcany connect him to troubled ventures. Count Sandorf backs his bank with caution as Torenthal’s prestige wanes.
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Trieste
Bilas Toronthal
Austro-Hungary
Mme. Torenthal
Larcany
Toronthal
Mme. Toronthal
Ragnas
Torenthal
Count Sandorf
Sarcany
Tripoli
Sareany
Silas Teronthal
Lombardy
Sadowa
Austria
Hungary
Conspiracy schemes entangle Trieste banker and criminals
In Trieste, banker Silas Toronthal faces Sarcany and Larcany who push a bribery and espionage plot. They claim a Hungarian conspiracy linked to Count Ladislas Zathmar, Professor Bathory, and Count Mathias Sandorf, seeking proof and a share of the spoils if they expose or join. Count Sandorf visits the bank to discuss funds and plans.
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Trieste
Larcany
Toronths
Sarcany
Toronthal
Zirone
Sicily
Silas Toronthal
Torenthal
Silas Torenthal
Yonr
Avenue de Acquedetta
Ladislas Zathmar
Stephen Bathory
Mathias Sandorf
Bathory
Corsa Stadion
Bandorf
Hotel Delorme
Count Sandorf
Sandorf
Ranc
Silas
Count Zathmar
Zathmar
Transylvania
Sareany
Count Sanderf
Sanderf
Adriatic
Perth
Vienna
Two Artillery Sheltered by Sandwiches in War Tale
An elderly printer and a restaurant keeper recall wartime bravado with humor about staying behind fortifications and sandwiches. The printer jokes that musketry could not penetrate his sandwiches while the restaurant man quips he was safe from artillery behind two sandwiches. A printing-office towel is mentioned as a makeshift front.
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Newman Lee
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Fpeankier Square
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Rome
Mathias Sandort
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Colorado
Peck
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